SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers backed a proposal that could make the state’s DUI threshold the strictest in the nation by lowering the blood-alcohol content limit to 0.05 percent. Members of a Senate transportation committee on Wednesday voted in favor of the plan, saying it would help to […]
(Logan, UT) – Snowy road conditions are to blame for a multiple vehicle pile up that left 18 people injured. Yesterday afternoon, six vehicles piled up in a crash during blizzard conditions on U.S. 89 south of Logan. Four more vehicles piled on, two of which were vans carrying as many […]
(Bountiful, UT) – An aspiring lawyer thwarted an attempted robbery during the bar exam lunch break.  Marine veteran and apprentice lawyer Joseph Rupp was sitting in his car eating lunch when he noticed a man breaking into cars in the same parking lot. Rupp tracked down the man who was carrying […]
(St. George, UT) – Police in St. George say officers are looking for a child rape suspect who may be on his way to Mexico. An underage girl told her mother she has been abused by family friend Jose Martinez for five years. St. George Police investigators say Martinez left his […]
(St. George, UT) – A state led DUI task force is responsible for taking ten suspected drunk divers off St. George roads. The Utah Highway Patrol DUI enforcement team was in town over the weekend to help with DUI checkpoints. Lieutenant Paul Kotter says the dozen or so troopers with the […]
(St. George, UT) – A man accused of placing hidden cameras in someone else’s home is under arrest in St. George. Magna resident James Larsen faces several charges including voyeurism with electronic devices. Investigators say Larsen knows some renters living at The Ledges in St. George. The renters reported to St. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert says he’s coming away from a meeting in Washington with President Donald Trump optimistic that the new president will give states more power and prune federal regulations that burden businesses. Herbert spoke to reporters Tuesday by phone from Washington, where he and […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Leaders from the nation’s largest Native American reservation and pueblos throughout New Mexico are putting more pressure on federal land managers to curb oil and gas development in the northwest corner of the state. The Navajo Nation has sent a letter to the Bureau of Land […]
(Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City man has been sentenced to prison after admitting to driving drunk and rear-ending another vehicle while trying to take a picture of the sunset, causing one of the other car’s passengers to die and injuring […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to ensure the state will pay for and run presidential primaries after Utah opted not to run one last year and Democrats running their own caucuses were overwhelmed with hours-long lines and ballot shortages. Rep. Patrice Arent, D-Millcreek, is sponsoring a […]
